Is a Metal Headgasket Required for Boost?, Is it worth switching? Options

[WALKER]

Just out of curiousity, I am planning on boosting the 5S and am wondering if it is worth opening up the engine just to change the head gasket to a metal one? I mean isn't there some benefit to keeping the engine sealed up? Is it worth just leaving it until it fails (if it does)?

Any idea under what pressure the non-metal head gasket would fail? I have tried searching for information on the topic of keeping the non metal gasket, but everywhere I read just says to put in a metal head gasket when going with a turbo.

Just looking for some feedback.
Thanks.

This post has been edited by WALKER: May 2, 2007 - 1:04 PM

[playr158]

if ur HG goes boom
your car will overheat...symptoms arn't always the same depends on the size of the leak. compression between the cylinders drops, excessive overheating = cracked cylinders

and lagos you keep trying to bring in weak point, trade off, blah blah....not the subject

plain and simple
is it worth changing out for a metal one? yes


This post has been edited by playr158: May 2, 2007 - 5:30 PM